Securities - FICCS - Commodities Sales Strats - Analyst/Associate

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Engineering

What We Do

At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.

Engineering, which is comprised of our Technology Division and global strategists groups, is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.

Who We Look For

Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

Strats

Goldman Sachs’ Strats business unit is a world leader in developing quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems. Working within the firm’s trading, sales, banking and investment management divisions, strats use their mathematical and scientific training to create financial products, advise clients on transactions, measure risk, and identify market opportunities.

Securities

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Roles within Securities Strats

Securities Strats play important roles in several areas. Some Strats sit on trading desks, creating cutting-edge derivative pricing models and developing empirical models to provide insight into market behavior. Others develop automated trading algorithms for the firm and its clients, taking an active part in the increasing shift from voice to electronic trading. A third group works directly with the firm’s sales force and clients, analyzing exposures, structuring transactions, and applying quantitative concepts to meet client needs. Between these teams, Core Strats design and develop complex parallel computing architectures, electronic trading tools, and advanced algorithms.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Job summary:

Using internal tools to price exotic derivatives in Commodities; sometimes would need to think of a combination of building blocks to get the desired payout

Work on automating pricing to increase the business flow being covered

Work on client pitches and develop understanding of macro environment and client preferences

Build tools/do analysis that helps the team to come up with smarter ideas based on a client’s needs or makes some of the repetitive tasks more efficient

Liaise with sales, trading and strats (in London and Hong Kong) on pricing as well as infra development

Skills:

Strong quantitative/analytical ability

Coding background- doesn’t need to be Computer Science graduate but needs to have at least some experience with basic/functional coding and interest to learn/do more

Communication/presentation (written as well as verbal) – candidate would need to communicate extensively with sales and trading (and sometimes clients) in other geographical locations.

Interest in finance (macro business/economic news) would help in better career growth

Knowledge of financial derivatives is added advantage though not necessary

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.